EMI Music/Universal Music Australia will release the official soundtrack for the documentary Slim & I. The album features songs by the film’s subjects, the late Australian country music legend Slim Dusty and his wife, Joy McKean, as well as tracks by Troy Cassar-Daley, Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers, Missy Higgins & others. Also included is the original song I Don’t Believe You written by Flora Smith & McKean and performed by Small Town Romance feat. Anne Kirkpatrick (listen to the track below). The soundtrack will be released physically and digitally on September 4, 2020 and is now available for pre-order on Amazon. An extended edition featuring eight additional tracks will also be released digitally on the same day (click here to order). Slim & I is directed by Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, Danger Close) and centers on the partnership between Slim Dusty and McKean. The movie features interviews with McKean herself, as well as Higgins, Kasey & Bill Chambers, Cassar-Daley, Keith Urban, Higgins, Paul Kelly, Don Walker, Chad Morgan, Heather McKean and Darren Hanlon. The documentary is set to be released in Australian theaters on September 10, 2020.
Here’s the track list of the regular edition:
1. Prologue (Interview) – Joy McKean (1:24)
2. I Don’t Believe You (feat. Anne Kirkpatrick) – Small Town Romance (3:53)
3. A Lifetime On The Road (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:27)
4. When I First Saw the Lovelight in Your Eyes (with Joy McKean; 1995 Remaster) – Slim Dusty (2:51)
5. Music & Belonging (Interview) – Troy Cassar-Daley (0:57)
6. The Biggest Disappointment (Acoustic) – Troy Cassar-Daley (2:52)
7. Learning To Sing (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:39)
8. Moonrise Lullaby (Remastered) – Joy McKean & Heather McKean (3:03)
9. Slim Jumps The Shark (Interview) – Dobe Newton (0:36)
10. When The Rain Tumbles Down In July (1998 Remaster) – Slim Dusty (2:43)
11. Cinematic Songwriting (Interview) – Paul Kelly (0:51)
12. Indian Pacific (1998 Remaster) – Slim Dusty (3:28)
13. Keen Young Songwriters (Interview) – Joy McKean (1:23)
14. My Hometown – Joy McKean & Heather McKean (2:35)
15. Slim’s Courtship Of Joy (Interview) – Joy McKean & Heather McKean (0:41)
16. What’s It Gonna Cost Me (Remastered) – Joy McKean (1:49)
17. Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers Interview & Walk A Country Mile Excerpt (Acoustic) – Kasey Chambers & Bill Chambers (2:17)
18. Touring Begins In 1954 (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:51)
19. Closest Thing To Freedom (Remastered 2017) – Slim Dusty (3:02)
20. Origins Of A Pub With No Beer (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:50)
21. A Pub With No Beer – Slim Dusty & Gordon Parsons (3:25)
22. Memories Of The Showgrounds (Interview) – Don Walker (0:58)
23. Whiplash – Slim Dusty (2:29)
24. Leaving The Showgrounds (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:57)
25. Losin’ My Blues Tonight (Soundtrack Version) – Slim Dusty (3:16)
26. Writing And Performing On Country (Interview) – Gale Kennedy (1:04)
27. Plains Of Peppimenarti (1998 Remaster) – Slim Dusty (3:12)
28. Music At Odds With The Lyrics (Interview) – Paul Kelly (0:57)
29. Lights On The Hill (1998 Remaster) – Slim Dusty (3:02)
30. A Voice For Rural People (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:33)
31. Further Out – Slim Dusty (3:26)
32. Writing For Slim (Interview) – Bill Chambers (0:53)
33. Things Are Not The Same On The Land (Acoustic) – Bill Chambers (2:19)
34. Simple Songs (Interview) – Missy Higgins (1:21)
35. The Biggest Disappointment (feat. Dan Sultan) – Missy Higgins (3:02)
36. Epilogue (Interview) – Joy McKean (0:57)
37. One Helluva Song – Slim Dusty (1:35)
